Everyday, a Temple Hills woman goes to the store to purchase a $10 scratch-off, hoping to get lucky. Last Monday, she decided to deviate from her usual routine and selected a $5 Extreme 8s scratch-off instead. Despite not picking a winner, the determined woman purchased another Extreme 8s ticket and was shocked to see that she had won $50,000.

The 68-year-old woman had only scratched half of the second ticket before rushing back home. “I knew that this was a big one and went to finish checking the ticket at home,” she told Lottery officials cheerfully. Sure enough, every number on her ticket was a winner. After a quick call to her sister, the woman waited anxiously for her husband of 41 years to return home.

“The first things she said to me was that she hit the Lottery for $50,000,” her husband shared. “I just congratulated her. That’s pretty exciting news to come home to.”

The couple plans to save their winnings for now, opting to take their time before making any big decisions. “We’ll take this win one day at a time,” the woman said. The scratch-off enthusiast purchased her extreme ticket at Total Save at 3745 Branch Ave. in Temple Hills.

The winning ticket was purchased at the Long Ford Gulf on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore.

An ‘extremely lucky’ Lottery player came to Lottery Headquarters today to claim a $50,000 win. The woman, who won the top prize on the Extreme 8s scratch-off, is a self-proclaimed “scratch-off superfan” who enjoys playing the games.

The winner, a 65-year-old Beltsville resident who chose to remain anonymous, brought her long-time fiancé and daughter to claim her big win. She shared her story with Lottery officials: “I bought five tickets and immediately sat down to scratch them,” she said. “As soon I started scratching the second one, I felt lucky and I was right. I am so happy!” Her daughter added, “This is by far the most my mom has ever won, but she loves scratch-offs so much that she bought five more before claiming her prize this morning!”

The mother-of-three and grandmother-of-five has no immediate plans for her winnings but said she’s going to consider her spending very carefully. As she was heading toward the exit, the happy winner made sure to add, “I’ll see you soon! My win will be even bigger next time…I promise!”

The winning ticket was purchased at Calverton Liquors, located at 11717 Beltsville Dr. in Beltsville.

The 48-year-old Dundalk woman is no stranger to Lottery play or wins for that matter. A long-time Lottery fan, she particularly likes Kenoand Pick 4 and has taken home substantial prizes in the past. But, Friday’s Extreme 8s purchase yielded her largest win to date.

The mother-of-one was at one of her favorite Lottery retailers playing some Keno, when she decided to buy five Extreme 8s tickets. After finishing her Keno fun, she headed out to her car. It was there that she scratched her way to her $50,000 prize. “The first one wasn’t a winner,” she said. “The second – no win. I started scratching the third and saw a matching number which gave me an $8,888 prize and I just started smiling.”

The smile would soon get even bigger as her prize continued to grow. “I scratched the whole ticket and everything was a winner.” She quickly called her daughter to share the good news, then took pen and paper and starting calculating how much richer she was. “I just won $50,000,” she said to herself.

The winner said she immediately signed the ticket so ensure no one else could claim it and went home to tell her husband about their good fortune. “He didn’t believe it,” she said. “Once he saw it, he was very excited and gave me a high five.”

She received another enthusiastic high five the next day when she returned to the Lottery retailer and shared her news. Although the winner wants to keep her newfound wealth under her hat, she’s been so excited that she’s told a few other family members. “I just couldn’t keep it in,” she said with a huge grin. Plans for her winnings include a trip with her husband, paying bills, saving and sharing with her daughter. The winning ticket was purchased at North Point Liquors, located at1108 North Point Rd. in Baltimore County.

A husband and wife visited Lottery Headquarters this week to claim the $50,000 instant top prize won playing the Extreme 8s scratch-off ticket. The Glen Burnie pair told officials that they’re fans of the Lottery’s daily games – Pick 3 and Pick 4 and only try scratch-offs occasionally. “We just play scratch-offs every once-in-a-while,” they said. Luckily for them, their occasion play happened at the right place at the right time.

The wife was cashing in a Pick 3 win when she decided to get an Extreme 8’s ticket. “Whenever I’m in the mood for a scratch-off these last few months I’ve been playing Extreme 8’s,” she said. “I’ve done pretty well.”

She took her newly purchased ticket home to play and when she saw the results the crying and shouting commenced. She called her husband with the news after asking her daughter to confirm that she wasn’t seeing things. “He didn’t believe me.”

A mini-vacation with grandkids is in the works for the couple. Their lucky Lottery store is the MVA Shell gas station at 6616 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie.